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A honeymooning couple have been pulled alive from a capsized cruise ship more
than 24 hours after the Costa Concordia hit rocks off the Italian
coast with more than 4000 people on board.

The South Korean newlyweds were heard shouting as rescue workers searched the
stricken liner for 40 people who are still missing after it ran aground on
Friday night.

The couple had been stranded two decks below rescuers on the half-submerged
ship but firemen reached them in the early hours and managed to extract them
from their cabin in an operation that took 90 minutes.

The couple told

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Newlyweds rescued after 24 hours on stricken Italian cruise ship

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A South Korean newly wed is helped by rescuers are 24 hours trapped in her cabin

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A South Korean newly wed is helped by rescuers are 24 hours trapped in her cabin

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Her husband is helped from a rescue boat after being found on the stricken ship

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The Costa Concordia lies on its side off the coast of Tuscany

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It ran aground near the small island of Giglio

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An aerial shot of the vessel

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A huge gash in the hull can be clearly seen

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A piece of rock in the hole, which is said to be 165ft across

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The captain has said the rock was not on the charts

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The authorities have said the ship, which was one mile off shore, should have been 5 miles away